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A Michigan mother and her boyfriend have been caught in southeastern Georgia by U.S. Marshals in connection with the New Year’s Day death of her 4-year-old daughter.

Police in Sumpter Township, Michigan, say in a release that 24-year-old Candice Diaz and 28-year-old Brad Fields were arrested Tuesday afternoon as they drove near Lake Park, southeast of Valdosta.

Diaz and Fields were being sought on murder, child abuse and torture charges.

Authorities in Michigan say officers responding to a 911 call found Gabrielle Barrett Jan. 1 with severe burns in a Sumpter Township trailer home, southwest of Detroit. She was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital.

A medical examiner later ruled her death a homicide with evidence of traumatic injuries.

According to WDIV, Gabrielle was covered with bruises and burns. The bruises were all in varying stages of healing.

One detective said the child was burned so badly her large toe had fallen off of her body. Investigators examining the trailer found melted skin in the bathtub drain.

The county medical examiner said it was the worst child abuse case he'd seen in his 27-year career.

Gabrielle's father, Kyle Barrett, told WDIV he was heartbroken over the death of his daughter, and furious at Diaz and Fields.

"I'm glad they were caught," Barrett said. "They deserve everything they should get. They deserve torture, hard times, worse than they did to my daughter."

Gabrielle's paternal grandfather, Jerry Barrett, said he rarely got to see the child because Diaz and Fields would say she was sick.

He believes it may be a good thing the couple was captured in Georgia.

"If they want to fight and stay in Georgia and they get the death penalty, I'm all for it," Jerry Barrett said.

Following Gabrielle's death, Child Protective Services has moved quickly to remove another child in the care of Diaz and Fields. The 1-year-old was removed from the home and is now in state custody.